controversy

Other forms of controversy

plural

controversies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about controversy

What does controversy mean?

controversy means "a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement".

How many syllables are in controversy?

controversy has 4 syllables: con-tro-ver-sy. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑntɹəˌvɝsi/.

What is another word for controversy?

Close synonyms include contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is controversy a common word?

controversy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.